Does the Pea/Pomegranate IVA feel right to you?

[V14]

I know nothing about vostok/soyuz, but tried making a replica anyway.

While I was testing, I noticed that out of three Reentry Modules only the Onion seemed to seat a Kerbal in the conventional orientation.

This means that the other two suffers from discordance between IVA view and the control point. It must be disorienting for the Kerbal inside.

I got around by having a docking port as a control point and placing the pod in the "correct" orientation.

 

The question is; is this deliberate? Is this based on some spacecraft history?

Edited December 4, 2020 by V14

[Fraktal]

I noticed that too recently. Wikipedia's article on the Voskhod also mentions something to that effect.

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The ejection seat was removed for more space and two or three crew couches were added to the interior at a 90° angle to that of the Vostok crew position.

 

Edited December 4, 2020 by Fraktal

[V14]

That explains the difference between the pods, thank you!

Still, keeping the control point in its former orientation isn't very helpful gameplay-wise...